REMINDER: PALLONE SAID GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF HEALTHCARE WAS HIS IDEA

10/7/10

For Immediate Release

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Anna C. Little for Congress, Inc.

REMINDER: PALLONE SAID GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER OF HEALTHCARE WAS HIS IDEA

(HIGHLANDS, October 7) - Republican congressional challenger Anna Little - responding to release of a national survey indicating that the electorate's opposition to the government takeover of healthcare enacted earlier this year is growing and hardening as the election approaches - today reminded voters in New Jersey's 6th Congressional District that her opponent, 22-year incumbent Frank Pallone, famously claimed of the legislation, "This is not Obama's bill. This isn't Nancy Pelosi's bill. This is MY bill."

"Nancy Pelosi and Frank Pallone were wrong to enact legislation mandating a government takeover of our healthcare," said Little. "The bill they pushed through puts a government bureaucrat between you and your family doctor, reduces patient choice, raises taxes, and cuts Medicare by $500 billion. That's just wrong.

"What's worse," continued Little, "is that Frank Pallone insists it wasn't Barack Obama's bill, and it wasn't Nancy Pelosi's bill. No, he insists, it was HIS bill all along. You can see video of him claiming it was his bill right here: http://www.stoppallone.com/

"Frankly, Frank, the voters of New Jersey's 6th Congressional District don't care whether it was your bill or Nancy Pelosi's bill - all they care about is that it be repealed as soon as possible," Little continued. "And that's exactly what I plan to do when I get to Congress next year.

"We need healthcare reform that actually puts more power in the hands of patients and their doctors, and takes it away from government bureaucrats," said Little. "We need healthcare reform that strengthens Medicare, rather than cuts it, and we need healthcare reform that increases patient choice, rather than reduces it.

"That's what we're going to try to do in the next Congress, and that's why I cannot wait to get there.

"The good news is, there's an election in 26 days!"